LEARNING CENTRE INSTITUTE

What Buenos Aires used

to be like.
Look at the pictures and complete the sentences using used to:

1. Cars ______________________________ black.

2. As there were no traffic lights, a traffic warden
_____________________________ the traffic.
3. Peddlars ____________________________ (deliver) milk, bread, fish, etc. on carts
pulled by horses.
4. As there were no fridges, there ______________________ ice sellers who
__________________ ice bars.
5. People _______________________________ by tram, bus or trolley.
6. People _____________________________ letters by post.
7. There _______________________ red pillar boxes at the corners of streets.
8. As there werent too many telephones, people _______________________ from
the telephone company. An operator ___________________________ by
connecting cables of different colours.
9. Winters _____________________ very cold. Grandmas ______________________
sweaters for the whole family.
10. There was no Coke or fizzy drinks, so children _________________________
Refresh Cola or Granadina.
11. Men ________________________ bow ties and cufflinks on the sleeves cuffs.
12. Men _______________________ their hair parted in the middle. They
______________________ Glostora.
13. There were no washing machines, women ________________________ clothes in
a wash basin and ____________________________ a washing board.
14. As there were no video games, children ________________________ rango,
marbles, hopscotch, etc. They also _________________ bikes.
15. When it rained children _______________________ paper ships on the puddles
and when it was windy they _________________________ kites.
16. As there were no videos or DVDs, people _______________________ to the
cinema very frequently. The cinema ________________________ 3 films each
time.